Crime and inequality

Content: 1. Introduction.  Crime, Inequality and Social Policy.  Criminalising Social Policy?.  Inequality, Poverty and Social Exclusion  2. Crime and Inequality.  Introduction.  Inequalities in Contemporary Society.  Young People: Particularly Disadvantaged.  Crime and Inequality.  Conclusion  3. Young Men.  Introduction.  The Problem for Young Men.  The Problem with Young Men.  Men, Crime and Unemployment in Policy.  Not in Education, Employment and Training (NEET).  Tackling the Unemployment of Young Men.  Conclusion  4. Parenting and Anti-social Behaviour.  Introduction.  Families, Anti-social Behaviour and the 'Parenting Deficit'.  Parenting and Anti-social Behaviour.  Parenting, Anti-social Behaviour and Criminal Justice Policy.  Parenting, Anti-social Behaviour and Social Policy.  Parenting, Material Context and Gender.  Parenting, Anti-social Behaviour and State Welfare.  Conclusion  5. Women, Crime and Inequality.  Introduction.  Women and Inequality.  Women, Crime and Poverty.  Breeding delinquents? Lone Mothers and Role Models.  Getting Lone Mothers into Paid Work.  Lone Mothers and Paid Work: Rationalities and Consistencies.  Lone Mothers and Policy: Reproducing the Material Context of Offending.  Conclusion.  6. Crime, Inequality and Ethnicity.  Introduction.  Inequality and Ethnicity.  Connecting Inequality, Crime and Ethnicity.  Uprising, Culture and Material Conditions.  Conclusion.  7. Street Homelessness and Crime.  Introduction.  Street Homelessness and Crime.  Rough Sleepers as Victims of the Crimes of the 'Respectable'.  Vindictiveness, Relative Deprivation and the Undeserving Poor.  Tackling Rough Sleeping.  Conclusion.  8. Financial Penalties: Punishing Poor People.  Introduction.  Sentencing and Economic Inequalities.  Financial Penalties and Inequality.  Relating Fines to Income.  Fines and Social Security Benefits.  Community Punishments and Social Security Benefits.  Conclusion.  9. Conclusion.  The Boundaries of Academic Disciplines.  Inconsistencies and Tensions.  The Importance of Paid Work.  Crime, Social Policy and 'Free' Market Capitalism.  Social Divisions, Crime and Inequality.  Crime, Inequality and Social Policy into the Future